Former leading New Zealand publisher and bookseller, and widely experienced judge of both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, talks about what he is currently reading, what impresses him and what doesn't, along with chat about the international English language book scene, and links to sites of interest to booklovers.

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

PW Children's Bookshelf

HarperCollins
Signs New Katherine Applegate Series
On the basis of a three-sentence proposal, HarperCollins has signed Katherine
Applegate, who won this year's Newbery Medal for The One and Only Ivan,
for a middle-grade trilogy that will begin with Endling, likely in 2016.
Applegate's agent, Elena Giovinazzo of Pippin Properties, was as intrigued as
the author was when she read the definition of "endling," which
appears on Wikipedia: "One of the proposed names for an individual animal
that is the last of its species or subspecies." more

New
Series, Big Tour, and First Movie for
James Dashner
Like a character in one of his high-stakes fantasy adventures, James Dashner
has a lot to contend with – in his case, all good. His latest book, The Eye
of Minds, is out October 8. That same day, the author embarks on a 13-city
tour to promote the new YA novel, and a boxed set of The Maze Runner, his
previous YA trilogy, is being released. And Dashner's fiction makes its
silver-screen debut on February 14, 2014, when 20th Century Fox releases a film
adaption of book one, The Maze Runner. more

Princeton
Children's Book Festival: In Photos
The eighth annual Princeton Children's Book Festival was held on September 21
at the Princeton Public Library in Princeton, N.J. Eighty-six authors and
illustrators gathered on the Alfred E. Hines Plaza adjacent to the library to
celebrate the community, books, and the love of reading.